LIFE SENTENCE ON CARDINAL TO STAND
Received Sundav 7 p.m. BUDAPEST, July 9. 'fhe Court of Appeal, in a final ver d;ct, refused to reduce Cardinal Mintls zentv's life sentence but reduced to 15 years the life sentence on Dr. Bela Is jiankv, a Catholie priest. The sentence on Dr. Juszlin Baranyai was reduced from 15 to 12 years and on Dr. Andras Zakar from 0 to 4 years. The sentences on other defendants, Prince Paul Esz terhazy, 15 years; Miklos Nagy, 3 year; and Dr. Laszlo, 10 years, were conlirmed. " Fonfirming the life sentence on Caidinal Mindszenty, the Court declared: "Beyond the slightest doubt Cardinal klindszcnty should, in fact have been \\ sentenced to death but the case lost its onfginal importance with the arrest and sentence of the Cardinal. Tlie people and the Catholie masses had caimeu d.uvn and thc aboniinable consequences oi tlie case had died away."
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Chronicle (Levin), 11 July 1949, Page 5
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